{"id":324965,"date":"2025-04-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/?p=324965"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:47:35","slug":"geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldes suffers season-ending knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wellington Phoenix will be without Francisco \u2018Chico\u2019 Geraldes for the remainder of the 2024-25 Isuzu UTE A-League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Portuguese midfielder has injured the meniscus in his left knee and will be sidelined for the next three months.<br><br>Geraldes joined the Phoenix on loan in February and has started the men\u2019s past five A-League matches, quickly showing his quality.<br><br>He provided the final pass for Kosta Barbarouses\u2019 equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Sydney FC last month before scoring his first goal for the club in the 2-2 draw with Western Sydney Wanderers at Sky Stadium last Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"324967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury\/a-league-men-rd-24-wellington-phoenix-v-western-sydney-wanderers-fc-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5400,3600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 29: L to R, Hideki Ishige, Corban Piper, Chico Geraldes and Sam Sutton of the Phoenix celebrate Piper&#039;s goal during the round 24 A-League Men match between Wellington Phoenix and Western Sydney Wanderers at Sky Stadium, on March 29, 2025, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\\\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1743268889&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2025 Getty Images&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;560&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A-League Men Rd 24 - Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers FC&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A-League Men Rd 24 &#8211; Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers FC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND &#8211; MARCH 29: L to R, Hideki Ishige, Corban Piper, Chico Geraldes and Sam Sutton of the Phoenix celebrate Piper&#8217;s goal during the round 24 A-League Men match between Wellington Phoenix and Western Sydney Wanderers at Sky Stadium, on March 29, 2025, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?w=1200\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-324967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg 5400w, https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207434161-1.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND &#8211; MARCH 29: L to R, Hideki Ishige, Corban Piper, Chico Geraldes and Sam Sutton of the Phoenix celebrate Piper&#8217;s goal during the round 24 A-League Men match between Wellington Phoenix and Western Sydney Wanderers at Sky Stadium, on March 29, 2025, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The injury is a major setback for Phoenix head coach Giancarlo Italiano.<br><br>\u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing because for a large part Chico\u2019s given us a different dimension,\u201d Italiano said.<br><br>\u201cWe were starting to build a bit of continuity and were starting to look very dangerous moving forward.<br><br>\u201cThat\u2019s not to say we can\u2019t get the job done without Chico, but it does put a dent in our preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Post-Match Interview | Francisco Geraldes (Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BnOMtSIMFak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Italiano is keen to extend Geraldes\u2019 stay in the capital beyond this season.<br><br>\u201cI think he\u2019d be a great addition, not only to our team but the A-League in general.<br><br>\u201cYou can see what kind of skill he has. He\u2019s a great dribbler of the ball, he\u2019s very composed on the ball, he\u2019s not scared of taking players on and he can score.<br><br>\u201cI\u2019d love to have him next year. I think he\u2019d be great. If we can make it happen, we\u2019ll make it happen, but unfortunately it\u2019s not straightforward.<br><br>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of water to go under that bridge, but the intention is if I can make it happen I will make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":324966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,330,356,343],"tags":[],"competition":[],"acf":{"match_card_embed_league":null,"match_card_embed_club":null,"match_card_embed_match":false,"match_card_embed_disable":true,"auto_publish_updates":true,"reference_article":null,"article_featured_video":"","article_featured_video_tagline":"","article_byline":"","article_media_type":"news","article_video":"","gallery":"","shared_ffa_source":"keepup","shared_hide_in_app":false,"article_player":"","article_team":"","article_competition":"","article_match":"","credit":"","related_articles":"","push_to_social":false,"priority":1,"sport":false,"language":"en","private_content":false,"access_level":"","article_id":"","app_featured_image":null,"article_content_group":"news"},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Geraldes suffers season-ending knee injury","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2203918445.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2203918445.jpg"},"articleSection":"Breaking News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"brenton"}],"creator":["brenton"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wellington Phoenix","logo":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/cropped-Wellington_Phoenix_FC_logo-2.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-04-04T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2025-04-04T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-04-04T00:00:00Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Geraldes suffers season-ending knee injury\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/wellingtonphoenix.com\\\/news\\\/geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/wellingtonphoenix.com\\\/news\\\/geraldes-suffers-season-ending-knee-injury\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wellingtonphoenix.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/GettyImages-2203918445.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wellingtonphoenix.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/GettyImages-2203918445.jpg\"},\"articleSection\":\"Breaking News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"brenton\"}],\"creator\":[\"brenton\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Wellington Phoenix\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wellingtonphoenix.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/cropped-Wellington_Phoenix_FC_logo-2.png\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2025-04-04T00:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-04T00:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T00:00:00Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2203918445.jpg?w=1080&h=1080&quality=75","image":{"sizes":{"full":{"url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2203918445.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 08: Chico Geraldes of the Phoenix in action during the round 22 A-League Men match between Western United and Wellington Phoenix at Ironbark Fields, on March 08, 2025, in Melbourne, Australia. 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